April 14

Ecclesiastes 9:14‑15
“There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man” ―Ecclesiastes 9:14,1514There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. (Ecclesiastes 9:14‑15).
THE little city is Bunyan’s Mansoul. The cruel adversary is Satan, the prince and god of this world. The poor wise man is our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, who by His death on Calvary has delivered those once in fear of death and so held all their lifetime in dreadful bondage. Strange that we should ever forget One who has wrought so mightily on our behalf! Surely He should ever be in remembrance as we consider how much we owe to His wisdom, power and grace!
“Oh, ‘twas wondrous grace that brought Thee
From the glory there on high.
And ‘twas wondrous love that led Thee
Thus to stoop, to bleed and die;
Thou west e’en from everlasting.
E’er the worlds were brought to light,
Ever dwelling with Thy Father,
As His own supreme delight.
Now in life and resurrection
Thou hast link’d us up with Thee,
Standing ‘twixt the cross and glory,
Gladly we remember Thee.
Death and judgment gone forever,
Glory is our portion now,
And, in spirit there already,
We before Thy face would bow.”
—L. W.